Variety Of Internet Sites Pay Online Tributes To Princess

A royal tragedy

Reflecting the outpouring of sympathy throughout the world, dozens of computer wizards on the Internet have posted their own cybertributes to the late Princess Diana.

Web sites memorializing Diana range from a simple one-page elegy written by a Michigan woman - http://pages.prodigy.com/Diana-tribute - to an elaborately programmed condemnation of tabloid readers at http://www.nalinha.com/princess

Most of the personal tribute sites to Diana have a hastily built quality - owing to the rush in which they were put up. An up-to-date list of personal pages can be found at the Yahoo! Web site catalog. Address: http://www.yahoo.com

The main British news organizations have taken the lead in creating the most eloquent tributes to the late princess.

Press Association: The national news agency for the United Kingdom and Ireland. Address: http://www.pa.press.net

TeleText: http://www.teletext

.co.uk/uktoday.html

The Guardian newspaper: http://www.guardian.co.uk

Perhaps the most heavily trafficked site on the Internet since Diana's death is the official Web site of the British monarchy. Address: http://www.royal.gov.uk

It contains a ''condolence book'' in which computer users can leave messages. However, the site has been hard to reach because it has been inundated with users.

If you are an America Online subscriber, you may have an easier time calling up the official monarchy site. AOL has stored copies of the site in its own computers, making it easier for its subscribers to reach. The Web address is the same.